South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS)
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South Texas Neuropsychology Residency Program The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) offers a 2-year APA-accredited postdoctoral residency in Neuropsychology and recruits one resident each year. The goal of the Neuropsychology Residency Program is to prepare residents for employment as neuropsychologists and board certification through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Our program provides training consistent with the Houston Conference Guidelines (Hannay, 1998) and is a member program of the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN; www.appcn.org). Residents learn a variety of neuropsychological assessment, intervention, and research techniques within a VA hospital and design their training programs to meet individual needs and career goals. Additional training opportunities are available at our sister institution, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), which is connected to the VA hospital via a sky bridge, and Brooke Army Medical Center, which is approximately 20 miles away. Most graduates of our Neuropsychology Residency Program obtain employment in VA Neuropsychology Service positions or academic medical centers. STVHCS also has APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Residency and Internship Programs. The Clinical Psychology Residency Program has four residents in each of the following focus areas: Palliative Care, Trauma, Rural Mental Health, and Health. Thus, there are six residents in total – two in neuropsychology and one in each of the four focus areas. The internship program has four interns, one focusing on geropsychology, one on trauma, one on health/primary care, and one general (which can be neuropsychology-focused).
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